Non-refillable bottle.



R. FRITZ.

NON-RBFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1o, 191s.

ENTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

RAYMOND FRITZ, OF IRVIN HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOEUGEN SEYDEL, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed January 10, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, RAYMOND FRITZ, a citizenof the United States, residing at Irvin Heights, in the county of Mercerand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Non-Re fillable Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in guards for bottles and morespecifically to non-rellable bottles.

The object of my invention consists in providing a simple, inexpensive,and highly eliicient valve and guard in a non-reillable bottle, sodesigned that when the bottle has once been emptied of its contents itcannot be refilled without detect-ion and without 'mutilation of thebottle.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in thecombination, arrangement, and details of construction disclosed in thespecification and drawings, and then more particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein similar reference characters designate similarparts throughout the respective views, Figure 1 is a vertical sectionalview of the bottle showing my improvements incorporated therein, Fig.V 2is a detail view, partly in section, and partly broken away, of a cap`to be described, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my invention with thecork removed, Fig. il is a bottom plan view ofthe neck of a bottle to bedescribed, Fig. 5 is a frag mental sectional View of the neck of abottlc, Fig. 6 is a detail view of a metal tiepiece to be described,Fig. 7 is an elevation of said metal tie piece, and Fig. 8 is fragmentalview of the neck of the bottle showing the metal tie-piece in placethereon.

Referring to the drawings which are merely illustrative of my invention1 denotes a bottle of any desired construction u which will be formedwith a contracted portion terminating short of the outer end of its neck2 so as to confine in place the ball valve 3 in a manner which willsuitably prevent the ball from sticking. This ball 3l will be made of alight metal such as aluminium and will have secured thereto wire orflexible members 4; to which is fastened a relatively-smaller ball 5,Vmade of heavier metall such as iron, and designed to have such apreponderancy of weight as will be 'neck of the bottle.

effective in holding ball V3 seated when the bottle shall be held at anangle sufficient, otherwise, to cause ball 8 to roll out of thecontracted neck 2 of said bottle. To prevent said balls from droppingout of the bottle when the same shall have been manipulated, I provide aspecial cap. This cap is circular in cross-section and will preferablybe equal in diameter to theneck 2 of the bottle so that a metal tiepiece of an approved construction may be caused to firmly hold the capdown on the neck of the bottle. Cap 6 is provided with a cork-receivinghollow part 7 at one end, the cork 8 resting on a baseeportion 9extending transversely of said cap and being spaced 'slightly from theopposite end of said cap.

To provide for the access of liquid through said cap a plurality ofports 10 are formed around said base-portion, said base-portion beingshown circular in contour andl being formed integral with said cap, thesupporting` lugs 11 serving to hold the base-portion in position. 12indicates an inwardly-extending llange formed integrally adjacent saidbase-portion so as to lie beneath said lugs 11 when the cap is inposition over the Said flange 12 extends all around a shoulder 13 formedpreferably integrally with the base-portion 9, but at a slight distancetherefrom so as to provide a space 9 through which the liquid maytrickle out of the bottle passing through ports 10 which ports areformed laterally of said shoulder. The neck 2 of the bottle may also beformed with an inturned flange 14 to provide a firm seating for apreferably cork washer interposed between flanges 12 and 14, said washerforming a fluid-tight joint when said cap is tied down upon the neck ofthe bottle. The metal tie-piece may be of any desired construction andwill be caused to engage both the cap and the neck of the bot-tle, andupon the tie-piece may be impressed the private seal of the bottlers ordistributors.

For the purpose of illustration a split ring 16- is shown which isformed with the marginal inturned beads 17 and 18 fitting the grooves 19and 2O formed respectively upon the cap 6 and the neck 2 of the bottle,said split ring being formed, if desired, with the outstanding portions21 arranged to be clamped together by means of a suitable seal 22,whereby the Vbeads 17 and 18 will remain lirmly in their grooves andwhereby said cap will not be removable without breaking the seal ormutilating the tiepiece. Y

The bott-le 1 will be filled with liquid before cap 6 is secured inposition, and the force oi' the liquid will overcome the action of theiron ball 5, when the bottle is being emptied of its contents, thealuminium ball 3 being prevented from dropping out of the bottle by theshoulder 13, and `from dropping into the bottle by the contracted neck2. But after. the bottle has been emptied should it be manipulated atany angle for the purpose of keeping a stream of' liquid entrappedtherein, the ball 5 will exert a pulling action upon ball 3 keeping itdown upon its seat in the contracted neck 2 of said bottle, and `therebypreventing the access of liquid therethrough. Any tool or instrumentinserted through ports 10, for the purpose of dislodging the balls wouldbe deflected and retarded by the inturned flange 12, because engagementwould have to be made with the latter before it could enter the space 9.

Numerous modifications can be resorted to from the exact details ofconstruction herein shown, without departing in spirit from the scope ofthe appended claims.

lhat I desire to claim by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the kinddescribed comprising a bottle, a flaring neck formed upon said bottle,said neck having a contracted portion, a ball seated in said contractedportion, a relatively smaller and heavier ball suspended from said firstnamed ball, a

a cap, an inturned flange formed upon the edge of said flaring neck, anlnturned formed said last-named inturnedflange, and Y an integralreduced shoulder formed upon said base portion projecting toward butspaced from said first-named ball whereby a channel is formed betweensaid shoulder and said cap, said base portion being formed with aplurality of ports of a'width less than the width of said second-named.in- V turned flange.

2. A device of the character described comprising a bottle having aneck, a tubular member arranged to form an extension upon said neck, avalve seated in said neck, a base-portion formed at one end of' saidneck, being spaced from the adjacent edge thereof, means for securingsaid tubular member upon said neck, a reduced shoulder formed upon saidbaseportion, saidbase-portion being formed with a plurality of portshaving a wall in common with saidA tubular member, and a terminalinwardly-eXtending flange formed upon said tubular member merging withsaid base-portion at one end and projecting at its opposite end underand beyond said ports, being spaced around said shoulder to provide achannel communicating with said neck.

In testimony whereof I have aliixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

RAYMOND FRITZ;

lNitnesses EUGENE SEYDEL, VViLLANNA LEE HAWK.

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